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Wikipedia's controversial video player coming soon

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 1 comment
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Wikipedia users will be getting new tools for uploading, editing, and viewing video very soon. According to a Beet.TV interview with Erik Moller, who is the deputy director of the Wikimedia Foundation, these features will be made available shortly. What's interesting, however, is the Web encyclopedia's choice of video formats and how it fits into a fracas in the browser world.

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DrDubious ·
I think the article is trying to hard. I'm not sure why it's "controversial" that proprietary companies want to promote proprietary technologies that they have a licensing adavantage with over free and open standards...

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